2.2. Post Installation Tasks

2.2.1. Networking

Bring up the network and ensure it starts at boot

# service network start
# chkconfig network on

Check the machine has the static IP address you configured earlier

# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:d7:d6:08 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.122.101/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fed7:d608/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Now check the default route setting:

[root@pcmk-1 ~]# ip route
default via 192.168.122.1 dev eth0
192.168.122.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.122.101

If there is no line beginning with default via, then you may need to add a line such as

GATEWAY=192.168.122.1

to /etc/sysconfig/network and restart the network.

Now check for connectivity to the outside world. Start small by testing if we can read the gateway we configured.

# ping -c 1 192.168.122.1
PING 192.168.122.1 (192.168.122.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.122.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.249 ms

--- 192.168.122.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.249/0.249/0.249/0.000 ms

Now try something external, choose a location you know will be available.

# ping -c 1 www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (173.194.72.106) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from tf-in-f106.1e100.net (173.194.72.106): icmp_req=1 ttl=41 time=167 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 167.618/167.618/167.618/0.000 ms